• Massaro v. Palladino

    Publication Date: 2021-12-10
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Alan J. Bozer, James D. Donathen, Kyle Tanzer, on the briefs, Joshua S. Glasgow, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: James V. Cole II, Kalena R. Kettering, Meredith F. Kimelblatt, on the reply brief, Edward J. Meehan, Groom Law Group, Chartered, Washington, DC; Robert L. Boreanaz, Joseph L. Guza, on the opening brief, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, Buffalo, NY.

    Case Number: 20-1807

    Union Trustees Breached Fiduciary Duties Under ERISA by Amending Pacts by Majority Vote

  • Oakley v. MSG Networks

    Publication Date: 2021-11-15
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff Charles Oakley is represented: by Douglas H. Wigdor, Renan F. Varghese, and Kenneth D. Walsh of Wigdor LLP, New York, New York; and Nelson A. Boxer of Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Defendants James Dolan, MSG Networks, Inc., The Madison Square Garden Company, and MSG Sports & Entertainment, LLC are represented: by Randy M. Mastro, Akiva Shapiro, Grace E. Hart, and Declan T. Conroy of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, New York; and James Walden and Milton L. Williams of Walden Macht & Haran LLP, New York, New York.

    Case Number: 17-CV-6903

    Arena Guards Did Not Use Excess Force in Ejecting Former Player From Basketball Game

  • U.S. v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2021-11-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Monica J. Richards, Assistant United States Attorney, for Trini E. Ross, United States Attorney for the Western District of New York, Buffalo, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Bruce R. Bryan, Syracuse, NY.

    Case Number: 19-2432

    Plea Agreement's Rule 11 Error Deemed Harmless; Guilty Plea Was Knowing, Voluntary

  • Simmons v. Trans Express Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wage and Hour Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Charlene Simmons: Abdul K. Hassan, Abdul Hassan Law Group, PLLC, Queens Village, New York.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee Trans Express Inc.: P. Kevin Connelly, on the briefs, Emory D. Moore, Jr., McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Illinois.

    Case Number: 19-438

    Claim Preclusion Applies to Small Claims Court Judgments, Is Defense to FLSA Action

  • Cangemi v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Real Estate
    Industry: Federal Government | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Timothy F. Hill, Sinnreich Kosakoff & Messina LLP, Central Islip, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee United States of America: Varuni Nelson, Rachel G. Balaban, on the brief, Vincent Lipari, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Central Islip, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Town of East Hampton: Steven C. Stern, Sokoloff Stern LLP, Carle Place, NY.

    Case Number: 19-1076

    Circuit Affirms Decisions as to Lake Montauk Harbor Jetties' Causation of Property Erosion

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  • U.S. v. Waite

    Publication Date: 2021-09-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Thomas McKay, on the brief, Andrew Chan, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michelle Anderson Barth, The Law Office of Michelle Anderson Barth, Burlington, VT.

    Case Number: 18-2651

    18 USC §924(c) Convictions Valid Under 'Davis'; 115-Year Sentence Not 'Cruel and Unusual'

  • Beierwaltes v. L'Office Federale de la Culture de la Confederation Suisse

    Publication Date: 2021-06-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | International Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Lynda Beierwaltes, William Beierwaltes, and Hicham Aboutaam: William G. Pearlstein, on the brief, Anju Uchima, Pearlstein & McCullough LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellee La République et Canton de Genève: Marcus A. Asner, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY; Janine M. Lopez, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief, Robert Reeves Anderson, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Denver, CO. For Defendants-Appellees L'Office Federale De La Culture De La Confederation Suisse and L'Administration Federale Des Douanes De La Confederation Suisse: Stephan E. Becker, on the brief, Michael Evan Jaffe, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 19-3457

    Swiss Seizure Not Taking Violating International Law; FSIA Divests Court of Jurisdiction

  • Bey v. City of New York

    Publication Date: 2021-06-24
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants: Nicolas Y. Riley, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy & Protection, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC; Aymen Aboushi, Tahanie Aboushi, Aboushi Law Firm, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees: Richard Dearing, Devin Slack, on the brief, D. Alan Rosinus, Jr., Assistant Corporation Counsels, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 20-456

    Binding Federal OSHA Regulation Bars ADA Failure-to-Accommodate Claim Against FDNY

  • McMorris v. Carlos Lopez & Assocs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Appellant Devonne McMorris: Abraham Z. Melamed, Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees Carlos Lopez & Associates, LLC and Carlos Lopez: Michael B. Miller, Lena H. Hughes, Janie Buckley, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, on the brief, Joseph R. Palmore, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 19-4310

    Dismissal for Lack of Standing Upheld; PII Data Never Targeted, Obtained by Third Party

  • City of New York v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant City of New York: Richard Dearing, Claude S. Platton, Nwamaka Ejebe, on the brief, John Moore, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY; Steve W. Berman, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA; Matthew F. Pawa, on the brief, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Newton Centre, MA. For Appellee Chevron Corporation: Joshua S. Lipshutz, on the brief, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Andrea E. Neuman, Anne Champion, on the brief, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; Herbert J. Stern, Joel M. Silverstein, on the brief, Stern & Kilcullen, LLC, Florham Park, NJ. For Appellee ConocoPhillips: John F. Savarese, Ben M. Germana, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, NY; Sean C. Grimsley, James R. Jones, Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO. For Appellee Exxon Mobil Corporation: Theodore V. Wells, Jr., Daniel J. Toal, Jaren Janghorbani, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY; Dawn Sestito, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Patrick J. Conlon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, TX. For Appellee Royal Dutch Shell: David C. Frederick, Brendan J. Crimmins, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC. For Appellee BP p.l.c.: Nancy G. Milburn, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Matthew T. Heartney, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Los Angeles, CA.
    for defendant: For Amicus Curiae Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law: Catherine M. Sharkey, Crystal Eastman Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae States of New York, California, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, and the District of Columbia: David S. Frankel, Assistant Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu, Deputy Solicitor General, for Letitia James, Attorney General, State of New York, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae Professors Sarah H. Cleveland, Zachary D. Clopton, William S. Dodge, Harold Hongju Koh, Kermit Roosevelt III, and Christopher A. Whytock: Harold Hongju Koh, Michael J. Wishnie, Conor Dwyer Reynolds, Yale Law School, Rule of Law Clinic. For Amici Curiae New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Point Community Development Corporation, and Uprose: Kimberly Ong, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and International Municipal Lawyers Association: Michael Burger, Jennifer Danis, Morningside Heights Legal Services, Inc., Columbia Environmental Law Clinic, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation: Corbin K. Barthold, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae United States of America: Eric Grant, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, R. Justin Smith, Christine W. Ennis, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Division, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America: Peter D. Keisler, C. Frederick Beckner III, Ryan C. Morris, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Steven P. Lehotsky, Michael B. Schon, Jonathan D. Urick, U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, DC. For Amicus Curiae National Association of Manufacturers: Philip S. Goldberg, Christopher E. Appel, Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, DC; Linda E. Kelly, Peter C. Tolsdorf, Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae States of Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia: Thomas M. Fisher, Solicitor General, Kian J. Hudson, Deputy Solicitor General, for Todd Rokita, Attorney General of Indiana, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN. For Amicus Curiae Professor Richard A. Epstein: Yaakov M. Roth, Jones Day, Washington, DC; Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Robert E. Johnson, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Kelly Holt, Jones Day, Boston, MA.

    Case Number: 18-2188

    Clean Air Act Displaces State Law Claims in City's Suit to Recover Costs of Global Warming